Re: Cold Fusion demo

Dirk Bruere at NeoPax wrote:
http://www.physorg.com/news131101595.html
"Now, esteemed Physics Professor Yoshiaki Arata of Osaka University in Japan claims to have made the first successful demonstration of cold fusion. [...]

What neutron flux did it generate? One cannot have fusion without generating neutrons. Lots of them. But there are many ways to fool yourself into thinking your apparatus is "generating" energy....

How long did it continue? True fusion could generate lots of energy from very small amounts of material, but conventional methods can only run for a much shorter time.

Given the history, one should be truly skeptical here: as James "The Amazing" Randi has pointed out, to really be sure of such things one needs a professional magician engaged in the observations, in addition to the scientists.


Tom Roberts

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